World History
- So I Am Published
Well the book, Deeper Learning Through Technology, is at the warehouse and after a quick look see (don't ask me I only work here), it will be shipped to anyone who wants it. So you will be getting pieces of my book on my blogs in hope that you...
- Quick & Easy Student Videos
Here?s a great way for students to process important content with their cell phones. They created a short video documentary on one of the Cold War outcomes with their phones. I put students in groups of three and assigned each group a topic (like destalinization...
- Flipping Class Within My Class
So I just completed Sal Kahn's new book titled The One World Schoolhouse. If you are interested in the history of his KahnAcademy or where he intends to take education, it is worth the $12, but be warned that it is woefully short on quantitative...
- My Homework App
I have become an avid user of Evernote from everything for notes teachers give me in the hallway to shopping lists from my wife. It can be accessed from iPhone, Android and the web. But for my students I think they need something that...
- E-books
Two years ago I asked to pilot an e-book for students at my school. We ended up doing it with all juniors. One other middle school also did it and that spread to 16 schools in our county this past year. Now we are almost definitely going to...
World History
Iowa (Shift) Happens
This video reminds me of the Shift Happens ones. It has a little bit on Iowa's digital age (first 53 seconds), but it is still fine. You can skip the last part. I found it today and showed it to my class of teachers as I believe it shows why it is so urgent that we use as much technology as possible with our students. I then showed the video on this video (first 3 minutes) as it shows where we are going (and some lucky few schools already are in terms of customizing classes for their students.
- So I Am Published
Well the book, Deeper Learning Through Technology, is at the warehouse and after a quick look see (don't ask me I only work here), it will be shipped to anyone who wants it. So you will be getting pieces of my book on my blogs in hope that you...
- Quick & Easy Student Videos
Here?s a great way for students to process important content with their cell phones. They created a short video documentary on one of the Cold War outcomes with their phones. I put students in groups of three and assigned each group a topic (like destalinization...
- Flipping Class Within My Class
So I just completed Sal Kahn's new book titled The One World Schoolhouse. If you are interested in the history of his KahnAcademy or where he intends to take education, it is worth the $12, but be warned that it is woefully short on quantitative...
- My Homework App
I have become an avid user of Evernote from everything for notes teachers give me in the hallway to shopping lists from my wife. It can be accessed from iPhone, Android and the web. But for my students I think they need something that...
- E-books
Two years ago I asked to pilot an e-book for students at my school. We ended up doing it with all juniors. One other middle school also did it and that spread to 16 schools in our county this past year. Now we are almost definitely going to...